Efficiency and simplicity are the key aspects that make cycling the most widely used methods of human powered transportation. On the contrary fluid power is a world in which great loads and forces are the masters. The leading question and challenge of this Master’s thesis is whether it is possible to combine this two very different worlds in an effective way. Starting from this question NFPA, in order to engage as many people as possible into this problem, challenges every year college students in the FPVC (Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge) asking them to design a human powered vehicle that uses hy- draulics as the only way of performing the power transmission.